Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-09-16
A Strange Case.

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"She can 90 if she wants to, bu
! she'll losin' her eternal soul for tht
sake of her daughter, an besides i
she wants to stay at Brighton she
can for guess | can get fresh wife
J where Pm goin'."
Isaac Barnes, tall, gaunt, un
washed Englishman, scowled at a
pleasant-faced little-man who had q
look of anxiety on his face as he peer
ed through gold-rimmed glasses at q
buxom woman standing beside the
man in the rotunda OF Castle Garden,
New York, last Thursday afternoon.
The gray-haired gentleman was Rev.
Dr. John w. Kramer, Secretary OF
the Immigrant Port Chaplaincy. and
clergyman of the Church of Eng
land. He was at Castle Garden in
response to telegram which read as
follows:
NEW BRIGHTON, PA, Sept. 6.
The Rev. Thos. D. Drum, Chaplain Castle
| Garden;
Mrs, Barnes is due tomorrow on the Wis
consin. She is in the hands of the Mormons.
Her daughter wishes to prevent her going TO
Salt Lake. Can you detain her so that she
can be brought here? Telegraph answer and
expenses. RET. J. t. DANNER.
DR.. Kramer. in the absence of Dr.
Drum, undertook the mission set
forth in the telegram. There were
500 steerage passengers on the Wis
consion, and half Of them were Nor
| mon converts.
1t was no small work to find Mrs.
! Barnes in this human herd, but when
she did put in an appearance, she s1id:
i've got daughter in New Bright
on, and I would like TO see her. I
have not been kidnapped by the Nor
I mons, bat l am going to Salt Lake
City of my own free will. My hus-
band and two daughters are going
along. l am 21 and / guess ! can
take oare Of myself
All this was said with pert, self
satisfied air. When, however, DR..
Kramer led her 10 one side and spoke
feelingly of her own daughters love
(for the two girls accompanying her
were her second husbands children),
and how she bad slept. little baby
in her arms years ago beyond the
sea, Mrs. Barnes broke gown. She
wept freely for q few minutes, while
her husband and his daughters and
the Mormon elders in charge of the
party stood by with looks of mingled
surprise and displeasure. Mrs. Barnes
told Dr. Kramer that ber daughter in
New Brighton had left England some
years ago Since then Mrs. Rarnea
had married o widoWer, Who, becom-:
ing Mormon convert, was now on
his way to home and prospective
heaven in Utah.
eff 1 60 to my daughter in New
Brighton will my fare be paid9" she
| asked ansioVsly of Ar. Kramer.
The clergyman assured her that he
would provide for her here and see
that she reached Pittsburg safely,
where her friends could meet her
Tne Castle Garden authorities also
assured Mrs. Barnes that Aeg t;cset
to Salt lake City would be extended
for an indefinite period. Or. Kramer
was anxious to get her separated
from the Mormon party. hoping that
the influence of her daughter in the
Beaver valley would cause her to re-
linquish Mormonism, and with thet
end ip view he advocated eloGnently
10 days visit to New Brighton
The woman had to all appearances
decided, when her cadaverous spouse,
with the smoke from q rank pipe curl
ing about his uncombed head, broke
in with the threat quoted at the head
of this article. In an instant her pur-
pose was changed. and drying her
eyes she turned to the clergyman and
said:
Il love my daughter in New
Brighton dearly, but 1 love the Nor
mon religion more"
After that all efforts of 0r. Kramer
to alter her decision were unavailing
Seeing this, Barnes. who is an uncul-
tured man, but with more than or.
dinary intelligence for man in his
position in life, turned to Dr. Kramer
and said.
"If you want to save your soul,
my friend, you must come with us.
Outside Of the Mormon Church you
will be eternally lost. If you have
any hope OF heagen you must en-
brace the true faith, and journey with
US to the New Jerusalem in Utah"
This attempt at proselyting was
not resented by DR.. Kramer, who
statsd that Barnes was San honest
fanatic" The former then turned
his attention to President John Isaac
Hart, of Salt Lake City, a beetle.
browed missionary, and conductor Of
these miserable people, who apparent
ly had more gall than grace.
"By what route are you taking
these people2n asked DIR. Kramer.
"To Salt Lake City," responded
Hart evasively, with scowl.
"But by what railroad lines?"
"Ry way of Chattanooga"
cob, your are going by way of the
Dominion Line and Norfolk" said
the clergyman.
Il s'pose So" replied the other,
and he turned away to avoid further
questions.
II have done all could" said Dr.
Kramer, as be turned away.
Shortly after the barge. which was
to convey the party to their boat, drew
up and, with glare at the minister,
Barnes grabbed his wife by the arm
and, followed by bis two daughters.
comely girls, Of II and 10 years, he
hustled them aboard. They were
subsequently placed on one of the old
Dominion steamers. At Norfolk,
Va, they will take o train for their
long ride across the continent. Mrs.
Barnes, just before leaving, asked
earnestly if their train passed through
the place where her daughter lived;
When told that she would not pass
within hundreds of miles of it she
seemed cast down. She said that she
and her husband, who is a shoemaker
by trade, are natives of Manchester,
England If she had been left to her,
self there is no doubt that by to-mor-